Concerns of India's farmers

Outlook on Agriculture

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 96-100

  Ravi Shankar, K ^a   Maraty, Pochaiah ^b  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR DRYLAND AGRICULTURE   (India)

^b ACHARYA N G RANGA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Farm credit; Farmers; Farmers' groups; Farmers' indebtedness; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649538958     PISSN: 00307270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/000000009787762743     Document Type: Article

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